| Name(s) |
HANSA Jivraj MEHTA |
| Date of
Birth |
July 03, 1897 |
| Date of
death |
1995 (Date not
known) |
|
Identity |
A reformist, social
activist, educator, independence activist, and writer from
India. |
|
Date-wise
Events / Works |
She has written many children's books in
Gujarati and also translated many English stories,
Gulliver's Travels being one example among
others. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- She organized
picketing of shops selling
foreign clothes, liquor and
participated in other
freedom movement activities.
- She was even arrested
and sent to jail by the
British.
- She became President of
All India Women's Conference
in 1945-46.
- She also was the
Vice-Chancellor of SNDT Women's
University, member of All
India Secondary Board of Education,
President of Inter University Board
of India and Vice-Chancellor
of Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda.
- She later became the
Vice Chairman of the Human Rights
Commission of the United
Nations in 1950.
- She was also a member of
the Executive Board of UNESCO.
She was given the .
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
Padma Bhushan in 1959 |
|
